Leukocyte counts in relation to the method of delivery during the first five days of life

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 294-299

  Chirico, Gaetano ^a   Gasparoni, Antonella ^b   Ciardelli, Laura ^b   Martinotti, Lucia ^b   Rondini, Giorgio ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Cortisol; Leukocytes; Neutrophils; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMATURITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033052621     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014107     Document Type: Article

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